"Should I say it's only fitting of Mr. Toshiro Hijikata, the true person in charge of the Kondo Dojo and the Demon Vice-Chief?" Otae, who did not know much about the Kondo Group, naturally had no idea who some of the underlying causes could be traced back to. Still, she mocked, "You can just casually spout such excuses and sophistry? By your logic, wouldn't all the experience passed down by our predecessors be completely useless?"
"..." Hijikata naturally knew that following the "correct" experience of those who came before could help one avoid many detours. To say nothing else, Yamazaki was the best example. Unlike the other members, who were always trying to show off with flashy nonsense, he constantly trained according to the "experience" of his predecessors. That was precisely why Yamazaki had stood out among so many members!
Yet it was also precisely because of that that, despite being far stronger than the other members, Yamazaki still looked utterly ordinary. In the members' words: "Captain Yamazaki just doesn't feel cool at all..."
"He looks like a minor grunt. Even the way he holds a sword looks like..."
"I heard he even plays badminton. Just hearing that hobby makes him sound like some random extra..."
"Doesn't he do some kind of kapa dance too?"
"Kapa?"
"I forgot. It probably isn't anything cool anyway, right?"
"I definitely don't want to become someone like Captain Yamazaki..."
"Still, Captain Yamazaki's mohawk was pretty good. Too bad he later grew out the hair on both sides again."
"Isn't a mohawk the hairstyle of a minor grunt?"
"That's why it suits Captain Yamazaki so well!" ...Yamazaki was clearly strong enough to be considered a powerhouse in his own right, the kind who would not back down even against Otae. But because he was simply